Tire for automobiles.



O. H. WEGKESSER. TIRE FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION TILED SEPT. e, 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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arr s oom 6W r it M llie im hither TIRE FOR AUTUMOBELES.

Application filed September 3, 1911.

Specification 0t Letters Patent.

Eel-i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR H. .Vncnnssan, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Rosstownfship, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawbites and similar vehicles, and my invention aims to providez -lirst, a rasilient tire that obviates the necessity of an inner pneumatic tube and an expensively constructed outer tube or shoe; second, a tire wherein the in herent elasticity of rubber and the action of retraetile springs are utilized for cushioning a vehicle: third, a tire that eliminates skidding or sliding over smooth surfaces without the use of chains or anti-skidding devices; fourth, a yieldable tire construction that is not susceptible to injury by ordinary use and inexpensive to maintain in an operative condition, and li'l'tih, a tire consisting of comparatively few parts easily and quickly assembled and readily renewed without resorting to the use of an expensive kit.

l attain the above objects by a tire or rim that willserve For a motor or other road vehicle wheels, the tire being constructed to coml e the elasticity of solid rubber and the it ilieney of springs in t'm'niing a cushwill take up to a large degree the a ens set up between the q'ieriphery oi wheel and an automobile body, particurlv' upon rough roads, The tire has been tructed with a yieldable rim adapted to hold a solid tire in such a manner that its inner face is 'rcn'ioved from the telly or rim or the wheel, whereby under pressure, the tire besides being compressed, has an inner his inner movement of the tire is cushioned" by circun'iferentially arranged retractile springs, a series-oi which cooper-- ate with the elasticity of the tire in cushioning the telly or rim of the wheel.

The invention will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed. and reference will now he had to the drawing, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it to be under stood that the structural elements thereof susceptible to such variations and m.0di

i clar isfas within the scope ot the ap-- In the drawing hh'rzure l is a side elevation of a portion of the tire partly broken away and partly in section, Fig; 2 is a cross sectional view of the tire taken on the line llilJl of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line lllP-llll of Fig. 1.

To put my invention into practice, it use a ielly or rim 1 that can be supported in various manners from the hub or central portion of a wheel, and mounted upon this telly is an annular bar having the base flanges 2 thereof of less width than the telly and the web 3 of said bar located intermediate the edges of the telly. This bar serves functionally as anchoring;- means for yieldable rim members i arranged circulnferentially of the telly upon both sides of the "l' bar. The rim members l have the inner edges thereof engaging the telly 1, between the outer edges thereot and the edges of the base flanges 2, while the outer edges of the rim n'icinbers are provided with angularly disposed flanges 5 termin an annular seat G that tapers in 'ardly irom the omer edges of the flanges 5 of the members i. V

:rlovably mounted upon the annular seat (3 is a solid rubber tire 7 having the inner side edges thereof beveled, as at S to "'t l tween the flanges The tread oi the t1 the tire, whereby the tire will have :1 wort ing action between the members i when compressed by a load.

The web 3 of the T bar is provided with slots 9 at equally spaced points throughout the periphery of said web, and the rim members t have cup-shaped depressions 10 on either side at and in alinement with the slots 9. These depressions are formed by pressing or stamping the inner sides oil? the members El, where ;y the deyurssions will project from the outer sides thereof. The depressions 10 have central. apertures lit alining with the bottom or the slot t), and arranged in said slot and the apcrtitres 1' is a yieldable tie rod or bolt This rod or bolt is made with two coiled portions 13 that are positioned between the web and the members a, the central portion oi? the tie rod extending througl'i the slot El and the threaded ends thereo't extending through the openings 11. Nuts M are screwed upon the ends of the tie rod to retain the yield.- able tie rod in position, but any other fastening ineans can he resorts to in connectien with the outer end or .ror

the tie rod maintaining the members 4 upon the ends thereof.

The base flanges 2 of the T bar, at a point intermediate the slots 9, are provided with outwardly extending guides 1.5 that extend to the edges of the felly 1. These guides extend through slots 16 provided therefor in the inner edges of the rim members, and

while said guides allow an expansive and retractive movement of the members 4, yet one member cannot shift circumferentially relatively to the other member. it is therefore obvious that the yieldable tie rod is relieved of any stress or strain that. would be' incurred by one rim section shifting circumferentially with'respect to the other.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised a tire having yieldable 4 tween the outer portions of said rim members and spaced from the outer edge of said bar, and tie rods arranged at intervals transversely with respect to and extending through said bar and rim members and each including an integral yieldable portion interposed between one side of the'bar and an inner face of a rim member.

2. A tire for wheels comprising an annular rim having a flat outer face, a T-bar positioned against the outer face of said rim centrally thereof and having one leg projecting outwardly and disposed at right angles with respect to the outer face of the rim, outwardly projecting rim members in the form of fiat annular bands having their inner edges positioned against the outer face of the rim, each of said rim members positioned at one side of the bar and inwardly of an edge of the rim, said members having angularly disposed outerjportions, the outer portion of one member extending in an opposite direction with respect to the outer portion of the other member andfsaid pertions forming a tapering tread member seat, a resilient tread member having a portion of each side thereof beveled, aid beveled portions of the tread member moun'tedagainst said seat and transversely extending tie rods projecting through said rim members and bar and each havinga pair of yieldable portions, each yieldable port on being disposed between one side of th bar and-the;

inner face of one of said rim members, said yieldable portions permitting sa'd rim members to shift laterally upon th rim with respect to each other when the resilient tread member is shifted relatively to said rim,

3. Atire comprising an annular rim having a' flat outer face, an outwardly projectingbar positioned against the outer f cc of the rim centrally thereof, outwardly rojecting rim members in the form of annular bands having their inner edges positioned against the fely at each side of said bar,

a resilient trea member seated between the outer portions of said rim members and spaced from the outeredge of said bar, tie rods extending through said rim members and bar and each having two portions of its length coiled to provide yieldable elements, each of said yieldable elements interposed between one side of the bar and one of said rim members permitting of the lateral shifting of the rim members upon the rim with respect to each other when the tread member shifts relatively to the rim, and means carried by said bar and extending through said rim members for preventing one rim member from shifting circum-.

ferentially on the rim with respect to the other rim member.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses. OSCAR H. WECKESSER. lVitnesses: r

MAX H. SRoLovrrz, CHRISTINA T. H000. 

